Merlin by Augvape and Roxy

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man00ver

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Re: Merlin RDTA -
Looking at the pics the positive terminal looks like it could easily break if too much pressure is applied tightening the screw.
Yeah...don't let Chuck Norris screw in your coils. :)
Just have to remember to let the screw apply the down-force, no need to lean into it....
Coiling looks to be a little difficult too. If you had 3 hands would be a little easier. LoL
It coils just like the UD Bellus, my first RTA. A little tricky, but not too bad. Leave the legs long, then bend them back to hold coil #1 more-or-less in place while you insert the legs for coil #2. Bend those back too, then put the screws down, and use a rod to tweak the coil positions during final tightening.
 

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I asked about this on the dedicated thread. @r055co has been testing a pre-production sample, and he said it really wasn't a problem.

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I've been vaping on it for a while and I'm really liking it, so much so I ordered a Black and a Gold one, should get them sometime this week. As for Daniel's complaint about liquid in his mouth, it hasn't been an issue for me. But I do enjoy a moist Vape, not one to sucking down juice but his complaint about juice everytime in his mouth, hasn't been an issue with me at all.
 

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Re: Merlin RDTA -

Yeah...don't let Chuck Norris screw in your coils. :)
Just have to remember to let the screw apply the down-force, no need to lean into it....

It coils just like the UD Bellus, my first RTA. A little tricky, but not too bad. Leave the legs long, then bend them back to hold coil #1 more-or-less in place while you insert the legs for coil #2. Bend those back too, then put the screws down, and use a rod to tweak the coil positions during final tightening.
Yep!
I am also a Bellus Vet and once you get that tank down everything else seems fairly easy.
Cmon Rick! Building and wicking is a fun art. Everything can't be an easy peasy two post or velocity style. That would be dull!
 

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Yep!
I am also a Bellus Vet and once you get that tank down everything else seems fairly easy.
Cmon Rick! Building and wicking is a fun art. Everything can't be an easy peasy two post or velocity style. That would be dull!
I like the easy way these days... easy coil, wick and refill. That's why I love my Engines so much.
 

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I like the easy way these days... easy coil, wick and refill. That's why I love my Engines so much.
Confession time, ricks...you just don't want to put that big Merlin RDTA nipple in your mouth!
It's a proprietary mouthpiece so there's no way around it....
 
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Yep!
I am also a Bellus Vet and once you get that tank down everything else seems fairly easy.
Cmon Rick! Building and wicking is a fun art. Everything can't be an easy peasy two post or velocity style. That would be dull!

If your really missing the challenge of the Bellus get yourself one of these!

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I finally got the engine in the mail today. I got it cleaned and wicked and like it. My Merlins have been getting consistently worse on the seepage so I think they are going into storage.

This is exactly why I started looking for another tank. It's weird though. I've been using the Merlin today for the first time in two weeks or so and it's not leaking at all.
 

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I tried two of the four I bought and both seeped from the bottom after a little while. I was thinking about getting another new one out to see if it seeps.

They all are going to eventually seep. Its a flaw that the Merlin should have never made it off the drawing board. It cost Augvape my business and probably lots of others who will never buy augvape products again.
The mini is designed somewhat better with screw in base(s) but you do trade the seeping and having to break the glass to get it apart for circular gouge rings around your mod when refilling the mini and it torquing onto your hitter with every refill from retightening the topcap.
 
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I haven't tried the mini. I saw there was a good deal on it the other day and thought about it but didn't order one.
I think I saw the same deal too and skipped it. I just don't like small capacity tanks. I love going a full day without refilling.
 
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